NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 05, 2014 Karen Galbo Phone: 203.338.6113 Fax: 203.338.6116 karen.galbo@peoples.com PEOPLE S UNITED COMMUNITY FOUNDATION AWARDS $870,220 TO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS IN THE NORTHEAST BRIDGEPORT, CT The People s United Community Foundation, the philanthropic arm of People s United Bank (NASDAQ: PBCT), announced today that it awarded $870,220 in grants to nonprofit organizations throughout the communities it serves in Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. One hundred forty-one organizations received funding in support of activities that ranged from education programs and basic needs services to workforce development programs and affordable housing. The funding was distributed within the foundation s three areas of focus, with 35 percent allocated to community development, 30 percent to youth development, and 16 percent to affordable housing initiatives. The People s United Community Foundation also contributed 19 percent of its funding to local United Way organizations across its footprint through the People s United Bank employee match campaign. Recipients included FSW Inc. and Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) in Connecticut, Yonkers Partners in Education and Long Island Cares in New York, Nativity School of Worcester and Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership in Massachusetts, Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity and Committee on Temporary Shelter in Vermont, YMCA of Greater Manchester and Nashua Adult Learning Center in New Hampshire, and Jobs for Maine s Graduates and Literacy Volunteers of Bangor in Maine. People s United Community Foundation continues to support the many nonprofit organizations that are working hard to respond to the needs of individuals and families throughout our communities, said Vincent Santilli, Executive Director of the foundation. We are pleased with how our philanthropic dollars are aiding their success. For a detailed list of organizations that People s United Community Foundation supported during the first grant cycle of 2014, please refer to the chart provided or visit www.pucf.org. Established in 2007, People s United Community Foundation was formed to help support programs and activities that enhance the quality of life for citizens in the communities that People s United Bank serves. People s United Bank, founded in 1842 and serving customers from New York to Maine through a network of more than 400 branches, is the largest independent bank headquartered in New England. The Foundation places special emphasis on programs designed to promote economic selfsufficiency, education and improved conditions for low-income families and neighborhoods. The funding priorities of the Foundation include community development, youth development, and affordable housing. ###
PEOPLE'S UNITED COMMUNITY FOUNDATION Grants Awarded - 1st Grant Cycle of 2014 ORGANIZATION NAME GRANT AMOUNT CITY STATE Southern CT APPLIED BEHAVIORAL REHABILITATION & RESEARCH INSTITUTE $7,500 Bridgeport CT BRIDGE ACADEMY $5,000 Bridgeport CT CARDINAL SHEHAN CENTER $7,500 Bridgeport CT FSW CT $20,000 Bridgeport CT HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF COASTAL FAIRFIELD COUNTY $8,000 Bridgeport CT MCGIVNEY COMMUNITY CENTER $5,000 Bridgeport CT MORRYS CAMP $3,000 Bridgeport CT P T BARNUM FOUNDATION $50,000 Bridgeport CT CAREER RESOURCES $5,000 Bridgeport CT HOUSATONIC HABITAT FOR HUMANITY $2,500 Danbury CT WESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION $7,000 Danbury CT OPERATION HOPE OF FAIRFIELD $7,000 Fairfield CT HORIZONS AT GREENS FARMS ACADEMY $6,000 Greens Farms CT HUMAN SERVICES COUNCIL $2,500 Norwalk CT OPEN DOOR SHELTER $3,000 Norwalk CT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CRISIS CENTER $3,000 Stamford CT HOMEFRONT $10,000 Stamford CT SAINT JOSEPH PARENTING CENTER $4,000 Stamford CT STAMFORD PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION $3,000 Stamford CT WOMENS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL $6,500 Stamford CT YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF STAMFORD $2,500 Stamford CT COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES FOUNDATION $7,000 Trumbull CT Southern CT Total $175,000 Northern CT GIFTS OF LOVE $4,000 Avon CT FIDELCO GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION $7,500 Bloomfield CT HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL $2,500 Cromwell CT FURNITURE BANK OF SOUTHEAST CONNECTICUT $2,500 Gales Ferry CT WOMEN AND FAMILY LIFE CENTER OF GUILFORD ORPORATED $2,500 Guilford CT SPECIAL OLYMPICS CONNECTICUT $3,000 Hamden CT YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF $3,500 Harftord CT
METROPOLITAN HARTFORD CATHOLIC CHARITIES ARCHDIOCESE $2,500 Hartford CT COMMUNITY RENEWAL TEAM $3,500 Hartford CT CONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION FOR HUMAN SERVICES $5,000 Hartford CT HARTFORD YOUTH SCHOLARS FOUNDATION $4,000 Hartford CT JUBILEE HOUSE $3,000 Hartford CT LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION $12,000 Hartford CT MY SISTERS PLACE $7,000 Hartford CT OUR PIECE OF THE PIE $8,000 Hartford CT PARTNERSHIP FOR STRONG COMMUNITIES $10,000 Hartford CT THE GIRL SCOUTS IN CONNECTICUT $3,000 Hartford CT GRACE ACADEMY $3,000 Hartford CT BIG FUN EDUCATION $6,500 Madison CT REACH OUT AND READ $3,000 Madison CT LITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF CENTRAL CONNECTICUT $5,000 New Britain CT PRUDENCE CRANDALL CENTER $4,000 New Britain CT YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION NEW BRITAIN $3,000 New Britain CT CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY ACTION $2,500 New Haven CT FELLOWSHIP PLACE $3,000 New Haven CT HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF MIDDLESEX $5,000 New Haven CT LITERACY COUNCIL OF GREATER NEW HAVEN $5,000 New Haven CT NEW HAVEN HOME RECOVERY $8,000 New Haven CT THE MARY WADE HOME ORPORATED $3,000 New Haven CT THE NEW HAVEN READS COMMUNITY BOOK BANK $3,000 New Haven CT RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF SPRINGFIELD MASS $6,500 New Haven CT TORRINGTON CHAPTER OF FISH $2,500 Torrington CT AMERICAN SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF $5,000 West Hartford CT Northern CT Total $151,500 Massachusetts READER TO READER $2,500 Amherst MA NATL FOUNDATION FOR TEACHING ENTREPRENEURSHIP TO HANDICAPPED $2,500 Babson Park MA ASIAN AMERICAN CIVIC ASSOCIATION $2,500 Boston MA FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN-BOSTON $3,000 Boston MA GENERATIONS ORPORATED $3,000 Boston MA JUMPSTART FOR YOUNG CHILDREN $4,000 Boston MA METROPOLITAN BOSTON HOUSING PARTNERSHIP $7,500 Boston MA SAINT FRANCIS HOUSE $2,500 Boston MA TWIN CITIES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION $5,000 Fitchburg MA
COMMUNITY ADOLESCENT RESOURCES AND EDUCATION CENTER $2,500 Holyoke MA BOTTOM LINE $5,000 Jamaica Plain MA LAWRENCE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB,. $5,000 Lawrence MA NOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOL $8,000 Lawrence MA MERRIMACK VALLEY HOUSING PARTNERSHIP $5,000 Lowell MA UNITED TEEN EQUALITY CENTER $4,000 Lowell MA BETTER HOMES $3,000 Springfield MA BIG BROTHERS-BIG SISTERS OF HAMPDEN COUNTY $2,500 Springfield MA HAP $5,000 Springfield MA SPRINGFIELD BOYS & GIRLS CLUB $5,000 Springfield MA SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE $2,500 Springfield MA COMMUNITY FARMS OUTREACH $3,000 Waltham MA JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND $2,500 Waltham MA WALTHAM BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB $2,500 Waltham MA CHILDRENS FRIEND $3,500 Worcester MA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY METROWEST - GREATER WORCESTER $4,000 Worcester MA JEREMIAHS HOSPICE $2,500 Worcester MA JEWISH FEDERATION OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS $3,000 Worcester MA NATIVITY SCHOOL OF WORCESTER $10,000 Worcester MA WORCESTER COMMON GROUND $2,500 Worcester MA WORCESTER COMMUNITY HOUSING RESOURCES $4,000 Worcester MA Massachusetts Total $117,500 Maine JOBS FOR MAINES GRADUATES $4,000 Augusta ME LITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA - BANGOR MAINE $4,500 Bangor ME BON APETIT-COMMUNITY MEAL PROGRAM $2,500 Biddeford ME BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF BATH BRUNSWICK $2,500 Brunswick ME LEARNING WORKS $3,500 Portland ME BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF MID-MAINE $2,500 Rockland ME ISLAND INSTITUTE $5,000 Rockland ME YORK COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION CORP $2,500 Sanford ME Maine Total $27,000 New Hampshire BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER CONCORD $2,500 Concord NH NEW HAMPSHIRE COMMUNITY LOAN FUND $5,000 Concord NH SHELTER FROM THE STORM $3,000 Jaffrey NH BIG BROTHERS-BIG SISTERS OF GREATER MANCHESTER $2,500 Manchester NH
CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES OF NEW HA MPSHIRE $7,500 Manchester NH MORE THAN WHEELS $6,000 Manchester NH YMCA OF GREATER MANCHESTER $5,000 Manchester NH ST JOSEPH COMMUNITY SERVICES $5,000 Merrimack NH SHARE OUTREACH ORPORATED $5,000 Milford NH NASHUA ADULT LEARNING CENTER $4,000 Nashua NH NASHUA YOUTH COUNCIL $2,500 Nashua NH THE FRONT DOOR AGENCY $3,000 Nashua NH SEACOAST FAMILY FOOD PANTRY $3,500 Portsmouth NH WINDY ROW LEARNING CENTER $2,500 West Peterborough NH New Hampshire Total $57,000 New York COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF LONG ISLAND $5,000 Centereach NY LONG ISLAND CARES $5,000 Hauppauge NY HISPANIC RESOURCE CENTER OF LARCHMONT MAMARONECK $5,000 Mamaroneck NY ISLAND HARVEST LTD $7,500 Mineola NY MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAMS & SERVICES OF ROCKLAND $4,000 Nanuet NY FIVER CHILDRENS FOUNDATION $2,500 New York NY MADISON SQUARE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB $3,000 New York NY WORKING IN SUPPORT OF EDUCATION $2,500 New York NY YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK $3,500 New York NY SAFE HARBORS OF THE HUDSON $3,000 Newburgh NY CARITAS OF PORT CHESTER $2,500 Port Chester NY PORT WASHINGTON PARENT RESOURCE CENTER $3,000 Port Washington NY WOMENS ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT CENTER $5,000 Scarsdale NY VNA HOME HEALTH SERVICES $4,500 Tarrytown NY CARDINAL MCCLOSKEY SCHOOL & HOME FOR CHILDREN $2,500 Valhalla NY CAREERS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES $2,500 Valhalla NY GREYSTON FOUNDATION $7,500 Yonkers NY YONKERS PARTNERS IN EDUCATION $12,500 Yonkers NY New York Total $81,000 Vermont CENTRAL VT ADULT BASIC EDUCATION IN $2,500 Barre VT VERMONT FOODBANK $20,000 Barre VT BRATTLEBORO AREA DROP IN CENTER $2,500 Brattleboro VT MORNINGSIDE HOUSE $2,500 Brattleboro VT CHAMPLAIN VALLEY OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY $12,000 Burlington VT
COMMITTEE ON TEMPORARY SHELTER $10,000 Burlington VT KING STREET CENTER $10,000 Burlington VT LINKING LEARNING TO LIFE $5,000 Burlington VT MERCY CONNECTIONS $2,500 Burlington VT SPECTRUM $10,000 Burlington VT CHAMPLAIN COMMUNITY SERVICES $2,500 Colchester VT THE MENTOR CONNECTOR $3,500 Rutland VT SPECIAL OLYMPICS VERMONT $2,500 South Burlington VT SAMARITAN HOUSE $7,500 St. Albans VT JOHN W GRAHAM EMERGENCY SHELTER SERVICES $3,000 Vergennes VT Vermont Total $96,000 UNITED WAY UNITED WAY OF COASTAL FAIRFIELD COUNTY $165,220 CT, NY, MA, VT, NH, ME Total Grants Awarded $870,220